10 Mortifying Period Horror Stories You're SO Glad Didn't Happen to You

1. "Junior prom was the first and last time I ever used a tampon — well, tried to. I ended up getting my period and my best friend offered me a tampon. I didn't know how to use it, so she tried to plug it in for me in the girl's bathroom." – Diana, 21

2. "I was getting baptized at church and I was wearing all white. I was on my way to the restroom to change from my wet clothes and my friend told me that my pants were full of blood... I had no idea. It was my first period ever! So many people saw me walk past them." — Jazzy, 16

3. "I work as a swim instructor at a local pool. One day, I finished teaching two lessons and was talking to a coworker when I realized that not only did I bleed through my tampon, but I had also bled all over the lifeguard room! My boss had to hose the whole room down while I rinsed myself off in the shower." — Kailyn, 17

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4. "One day during class, I felt my pad overflowing with blood. I nonchalantly tried to feel to see if the blood had leaked through my jeans and it had. The announcements came on and I had to stand to do the pledge of allegiance, so I tied a sweatshirt around my waist. When I stood up I looked down and there was some blood on the chair. I did what any panicky 13-year-old girl would do — I just left it there and went home. I made sure to switch my chair in English the next class because I'm pretty sure the janitors didn't clean it. I feel so bad for whoever had to sit in my chair for the rest of the year." — Molly, 20

5. "When I was in sixth grade, I was sitting in class and noticed that my chair was orange after I got up. My friends and I just thought it was paint or something. Then we went to a different classroom and I sat in another chair and when I got up it was orange. We all started laughing because that was a weird coincidence. I jokingly asked if there was anything on my pants and turned around and the entire class saw and started pointing and laughing. The whole back of my jeans were turned completely red from my first period!" — Lilly, 17

6. "I'm an equestrian and I show horses competitively. At one horse show, I felt something damp when it was my time to enter the show ring, but I couldn't stop to look. I had to control my 1,200-pound horse. I had completely bled through my custom, light tan, $400 pants. My riding instructor noticed after I took my victory pass with my blue ribbon. I'm lucky I didn't get it on the $5,000 leather saddle!" — Mary Kate, 19

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7. "I was at my grandparents' house with my whole family when I got my first period. I didn't have any pads or tampons so I asked my grandma what to do. She was really happy and she started crying. She told me to just use some toilet paper, as she didn't have anything with her. I came out of the bathroom and all my family members were smiling and hugging me. Apparently, my Grandma told them all I had my period! They were saying stuff like 'I'm so proud of you! You've reached an amazing milestone!' It was horrifying!" — Emma, 14

8. "I was at the library with my new boyfriend on our second or third date. I sat down at a table to read a magazine and felt this rush of warmth under me. I waved over my boyfriend and whispered that I had to go home right now. As I stood up, I realized that blood had soaked my pants nearly down to my knees. I carefully walked out of the library, absolutely mortified. I had to ask to borrow his jacket to wrap it around my waist." — Audrey, 17

9. "I got my first period at age nine. For my second period ever, I was so unprepared. I was at school and I got up from my chair and my best friend told me I had a bloodstain on the back of my jeans. I was mortified. I looked at the chair and realize it was a bit dirty too. A boy asked about the chair and I told him it was a ketchup stain. It was the first thing that came to mind. Luckily, he was clueless!" — Jennifer, 21

10. "At 13, I woke up to find some blood in my underwear, so I calmly took them off and got in the shower. My mom was getting ready in the bathroom at the same time, so I asked her if she had a pad. With a ridiculous amount of excitement in her voice, she said, "Do you need one?" She started to pull the shower curtain open to try to look at me. I shrieked at her, like, 'MOM, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?' and grabbed the curtain to yank it closed."— Kelsey, 22

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